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Hi everyone, I have a test machine that I have just formated and re-installed everything, but the fool that I am think I have set the boot sequence wrong and now I can't even get back into the Bios to change it. All I get is power up but nothing seems to kick the drives into action, and I just have a black screen. Is there any reset switch or jumpers that I can reset? The board is:
AMIBIOS 686, American Megatrends BE89184 (1995)

I really need you help with this one...

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by jmacdonald

Hey,

Have you tryed booting from a boot disk? If not try that if that doesn't work it maybe that one of the turbo or reset wires are on backwards on the motherboard causing your pc to goto sleep when powered on.

by thegodfather

It won't go to any boot sequence. I didn't move any of the on board wires.

Thanks though..

Anyone else ?

by thmiuatga

Godfather;

First you might try clearing the CMOS. first, you need to shut down the computer completely.
Make sure you shut the power off at the switch for the power supply. Open the case and look for the jumper for the CMOS. on the board it might say: 1-2 Normal 2-3 Clear. remove the jumper and position it on jumpers 2-3 to clear the CMOS. If you do this and you haven't shut off the power at the switch the
system will start up that's why you must make sure you shut the power at the switch. put the jumper back in the Normal position and restart the system. everything should be back to normal and you can reenter the BIOS and set everything.

If this does not work try this method: Remove the battery. Same as above but remove the battery from the motherboard. This supplies power to the CMOS and keeps the settings within it's memory. You may have to keep the battery out for a couple of hours or a day for the CMOS to clear entirely. If you have further trouble send me a direct response. I also use the America Megatrends Bios on my Supermicro 370SBA Motherboard.

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